Patient Registration Specialist - Cancer Treatment Program
About The Position
As a Patient Registration Specialist at the C.R. Wood Cancer Center, you are the welcoming voice and compassionate face for patients and families navigating cancer care. Every day, your administrative precision keeps our vital treatment programs moving smoothly. By managing schedules, accurately updating records, and working with oncology navigation teams to distribute crucial financial aid and transit assistance, you lift immense burdens off our patients. You do not just check people in; you actively shape a calm, supportive, and seamless healing environment when our community needs it most.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED equivalent required
- Excellent typing, computer navigation, and phone etiquettes are required.
- Proactive problem solver, exceptionally empathetic, and highly organized under pressure.
Nice To Haves
- AAS degree in health administration, business, or finance preferred.
- 1 year of healthcare or insurance experience is preferred, but open to any strong customer service background.
- Familiarity with baseline medical terminology or anatomy is a plus, but not mandatory.
Responsibilities
- Greet arriving oncology patients, verify their identities, guide visitors, and manage waiting areas to eliminate long delays.
- Pre-verify insurance, emergency contacts, and demographic info ahead of schedule to minimize patient wait times.
- Collect professional and facility co-pays, scan insurance cards, securely obtain HIPAA signatures, and accurately update Electronic Medical Records (EMR).
- Coordinate directly with schedulers and care teams to resolve immediate check-in issues, routing phone calls and alerting staff to patient delays.
- Partner with navigation staff to spot patients needing financial assistance, smoothly routing applications and emergency transit gas cards to them.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits offerings available to active, full-time and part-time employees who work at least 30 hours per week.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
